CRANE AND MACHINE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC461703 · ltd · incorporated 2013-10-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£123.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £123,544
Net assets shrinking
Down £34,500 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£124k
↓ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£317k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£63k£127k£190k£253k£317kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£156.0k£206.4k
Current assets£316.6k£271.2k
Net assets£123.5k£158.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2022-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2019-09-14
    ➕
    INGRAM, Nancy Lynn appointed
    director
  11. 2019-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-23
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-03-31
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    ROBB, Fraser Macdonald resigned
    director
  18. 2014-02-17
    ➕
    INGRAM, Alastair Campbell appointed
    director
  19. 2013-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As CRANE AND MACHINE LIMITED
  20. 2013-10-16
    ➕
    ROBB, Fraser Macdonald appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 years.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alastair Campbell Ingram
Individual · British · DOB 05/1953 · age 73
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Nancy Lynn Ingram
Individual · American · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-10-16
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

1 Crosbie House
Moredun Road
Paisley
PA2 9LJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last: 2025-10-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

INGRAM, Alastair Campbell→
director · ~73y · appointed 2014-02-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
INGRAM, Nancy Lynn→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBB, Fraser Macdonald→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-10-16 · resigned 2014-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30